In 2008, when the first of a hat-trick of summer uprisings broke out leaving more than 60 dead and over a 100 injured, the resistance vocabulary of Kashmiris got richer by one more word: ragda. Ragda went on to become the Kashmiri equivalent to the Palestinian intifada and has made its way into many news stories, articles and opinion pieces on Kashmir carried by various newspapers and periodicals ever since. A rebel transgender behind the epic coinage and a series of slogans has been the mascot of resistance in and…
Read MoreRebel transgender Javaid Ahmad who coined Ragda in 2008
